മകരമഞ്ഞ്

മകരമഞ്ഞ് (2011)

The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Sugandha Bhai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to scape.

Data di uscita
2011-09-30
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (1)
Durata
2 h 6 min
Generi
Romance, Dramma, Storia
Regista
Lenin Rajendran

Cast

Curiosità

Makaramanju is a 2011 Malayalam language romantic drama film written and directed by Lenin Rajendran. The film is about a certain stage in the life of a celebrated painter, Raja Ravi Varma. It also narrates the story of the epic character, Pururavas. Cinematographer Santhosh Sivan and Karthika Nair appear in the lead roles. The movie is the latter's major Malayalam debut.

Production

Lenin Rajendran was the first to make a film on Swati Tirunal, the royal composer from Kerala. Through Makaramanju, the filmmaker pays homage to Raja Ravi Varma. The director says it is the artist's special place in Indian art that had drawn him to his life. "A few years ago, I had done a play on Ravi Varma for KPAC.

The principal production began in October 2009. The film's set has been put up in an old bungalow known as the Church bungalow on the compound of a Lutheran church near Pallichal in Thiruvananthapuram district. The film was also shot in Kochi and Mumbai.

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